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[Heidi Andersen]

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Hello NAVUG Group

First I want to let everyone know that I’m new to using Manufacturing in NAV 🙂 and I work for a small manufacturing company

Are there a way to only create one main Production order for an item that have a multi-level production BOM?

 Let’s say I’m to build 6 each of Item 11475 (Chain Box CL 420mm ASS’Y) for Inventory (see attachment) This BOM has two lower level Production BOM’s

But I do not wish to have separate Production BOM’s for the lower level? Can that be done?

Thank you
Heidi

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Heidi Andersen
Carsoe US Inc
Seattle WA
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[Ben Baxter]

Heidi,

There are actually two ways to accomplish what you are looking for.  The method you have shown in your screenshot is one of methods.  The other is to set the Type to Item on the BOM, and the settings on the Item Card create a second line on the Parent Production Order.

Using “Production BOM” is essentially a phantom item.  You never actually create the phantom, you are just exploding the phantom’s BOM on the parent Item.  This allows you to flatten the BOM and simplify the process.  The potential downside is there is no process (i.e. Routing) to produce the Phantom.  You will also not be producing the Phantom into Inventory, as it is not technically an Item.

To have the system create a multi-line Production Order you need to set the Manufacturing Policy to “Make-to-Order” on both the Finished Good and the related Sub-Assemblies that you want as the additional lines.  This will generate a line per “Make-to-Order” Item listed in the BOM.  It will generate additional lines for any deeper level Sub-Assemblies as well if the same settings apply.  This process utilizes both the Routing and BOM for each of the “Make-to-Order” lines.

There is a third option if you utilize Families for multi-cavity, mutli-product molds, but this is related to a very specific production process.

Hope this helps guide you in the right direction.

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Ben Baxter
Consultant
Accent Software, Inc.
Carmel IN
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[Todd Martini]

If you use phantoms, the labor involved to make the phantom will not be accounted for unless you add the labor for the phantoms to the parent level item.  This is important to get correct standard costs.  I would like to learn more about the other options.

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Todd Martini
Director of Operations
Crest Healthcare Supply
Dassel MN
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[Heidi Andersen]

?Thank you Ben 🙂

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Heidi Andersen
Carsoe US Inc
Seattle WA
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[John Grant]

Heidi – To add to Ben’s comments – early on when setting up your Bills of Materials and Routes it is important that you get an overview of all the functionality in NAV with BOM’s and Routes. Example is NAV allows you to attach components to operations and consume components at an operation level as well as run operations parallel. Maybe you need to schedule Machines separate from people in your Routings and the all-important how costing works using the BOM’s and Routes is always a good discussion.

I would ask your partner to give you an overview of what NAV has to offer out of the box. As you build your BOM’s and Routes it is important to know what you might do in the future as you setup your BOM’s and Routings to avoid having significant rework down the road. 

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John Grant
Senior Application Consultant
Innovia Consulting
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